Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves and stopped all three attempts in a shootout to help the visiting Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.Tommy Novak scored in regulation and Matt Duchene had the lone goal in the shootout for the Predators, who improved to 6-2-1 in their past nine games.Mikey Anderson scored and Pheonix Copley made 29 saves for the Kings, who had their season-long, five-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a seven-game homestand.The Kings took a 1-0 lead at 9:32 of the first period.Gabriel Vilardi won a faceoff in the Nashville zone and the puck was briefly pinned against the wall before Alex Iafallo sprung it loose with a short pass to Vilardi in the right circle.Vilardi spun and backhanded a pass to Anderson coming down the middle, and Anderson scored with a wrist shot.Nashville went on its first power play when Iafallo was called for tripping against Ryan McDonagh with a minute left in the opening period.